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Post by John Green on Oct 16, 2021 19:24:01 GMT
I'm enjoying the series and am currently watching 'Epidemic' (22/04/1976).
In the first scene, an old doctor, reading from the BMJ announces re the influenza of 1889 "I thought is was an epidemic, but it seems it wasn't it was a pandemic...What is a pandemic?...". I have to admit that I thought 'pandemic' was a neologism.
Coincidentally, I had one of the Dramarama discs spinning on the turntable yesterday, and in that, a 19th century lass travelled into the future to meet a girl in the then present-day...who had Asian 'flu! The story didn't take the direction it might have...
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Post by richardwoods on Oct 16, 2021 22:31:30 GMT
Potential Spoiler alert. Did she leave the girl a 50p piece at the end or was that another similar plotted show?
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Post by John Green on Oct 17, 2021 0:24:04 GMT
Potential Spoiler alert. Did she leave the girl a 50p piece at the end or was that another similar plotted show? Yep and nope in that order. Apparently, there's a circle of hands on the coin, which sort of dates it! Wouldn't it have been great if the 50p had lead into The Queen's Nose? Pity there weren't more volumes of Dramarama. Quite a range of stories. The one which has a cast of two, with all the dialogue sung, is fascinating. |
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Post by richardwoods on Oct 17, 2021 11:05:34 GMT
Phew, I’m glad my memory didn’t cheat in this case! 😉
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Post by PAUL WOOD on Oct 17, 2021 17:34:02 GMT
Loved Clayhanger in its day. Saw it on the original ATV Midlands broadcasts and have the more recent Network DVD boxset.
However, coming from Stoke-on-Trent myself I can confidently say that there isn't a single instance of an authentic Potteries accent in the entire 26 episode run!
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Post by richardwoods on Oct 17, 2021 18:46:42 GMT
I remember everyone saying the death scene was OTT but considering what it was portraying and having the harrowing experience of sitting with an elderly friend with pneumonia in hospital, it wasn’t.
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Post by John Green on Oct 17, 2021 20:28:06 GMT
Loved Clayhanger in its day. Saw it on the original ATV Midlands broadcasts and have the more recent Network DVD boxset. However, coming from Stoke-on-Trent myself I can confidently say that there isn't a single instance of an authentic Potteries accent in the entire 26 episode run! By the laws of chance, one or two of the characters get close to a Potteries accent a couple of times. I go past the scene of the action in 'Bursley' regularly, which adds to the fun. The episode 'Epidemic' seems to swap the usual scenery for lots and lots of fog, either representing miasma...or someone couldn't find the key to the flats store. Apart from The Card, the only Bennett book I've read is The Old Wives' Tale. I read it circa 1969-71, and was under the impression that it had a TV tie-in cover photo, but the only OWT series (which survives) is from 1964. I suppose I must have seen a repeat? I missed Clayhanger when it was broadcast, and am still trying to figure out how many books it covers. I was surprised when Hilda Lessaways appeared! |
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Post by Richard Marple on Oct 17, 2021 20:51:37 GMT
My parents used to have a box set of the Clayhanger Trilogy, I'm not sure if my Mum still has it as they had a clearout of books a few years ago.
I wouldn't be surprised if it was an edition to tie-in with the mid 1970s adaptation.
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Post by John Green on Oct 17, 2021 21:48:17 GMT
I picked up the Network box set for £6.95 recently. Not bad for 7 discs!
Two discs yet to be watched. Ought really to keep them for Christmas...
Yes, Richard, some of the scenes between father and son are particularly good.
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Post by PAUL WOOD on Oct 18, 2021 12:24:28 GMT
Loved Clayhanger in its day. Saw it on the original ATV Midlands broadcasts and have the more recent Network DVD boxset. However, coming from Stoke-on-Trent myself I can confidently say that there isn't a single instance of an authentic Potteries accent in the entire 26 episode run! By the laws of chance, one or two of the characters get close to a Potteries accent a couple of times. I go past the scene of the action in 'Bursley' regularly, which adds to the fun. You & I clearly are clearly from the same neck of the woods! Yes, for Bursley read Burslem, the town where Robbie Williams' parents once owned a pub and where he spent some of his youth. Another notable location is obviously the Gladstone Pottery Museum (later seen in the later episodes of Dr Who's 'Trial Of A Time Lord'). I've been there a few times over the years and the main buildings are largely unchanged! Attachment Deleted |
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Post by John Green on Oct 18, 2021 15:04:23 GMT
By the laws of chance, one or two of the characters get close to a Potteries accent a couple of times. I go past the scene of the action in 'Bursley' regularly, which adds to the fun. You & I clearly are clearly from the same neck of the woods! Longton, you mean? (A Six Towns in-joke). |
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Post by PAUL WOOD on Oct 19, 2021 22:31:40 GMT
You & I clearly are clearly from the same neck of the woods! Longton, you mean? (A Six Towns in-joke). Almost! I work up 'anley, duck! (A Stoke in-joke) |
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